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J. L. SHARP an J. D. LUTHER.

SAD IRON. No. 381,434.

Patented Apr 11j/y1.

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STATES UNITE ATENT sries.

JAMES L. SHARP, OF NEWT YORK, AND JAMES D. LUTHER, OF BROOKLYN,

YORK.

SAD-iRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters. Patent No. 381,434, dated April 17, 1888.

Application filed July 5, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES L. SHARP and .Litres D. LUTHER, residing, respectively, at the city, county, and State of New York, and

at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Sad-Iron, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a Io sad-iron which can be heated by means of the gas issuing from an ordinary gas tip or burner without blackening the polishing-face of the iron with soot.

The invention consists in a wiregauze or I5 perforated metal cup carried within the hollow body of the sad-iron in line with an opening in the iron and at a distance from the top plate of said body. Gas and air enter the perforated cup and the iron through said open- 2o ing, and when ignited will burn on said cup,

the flame also spreading within the iron. The

ironbody is made in two sections and has a number of openings in the sides to let the products of combustion escape.

The invention further consists in details of construction and combinations of parts, as will p be more fully' hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

3o in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a sad-iron provided with our improvements, and shown in position on an ordinary gasburner. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the upper plate of the sad-iron, showing our improved cup in position. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of the sad-iron, shown in position on an ordinary gasburner; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a ring used 4o to support our improved perforated cup within the iron-body.

The body portion of our sad-iron consists of the two plates or sections A and B. These plates A and B have rims a and b, respectively,which register when the two plates are brought together, thereby leaving a hollow on the inside of the iron. The plates A and B are held together preferably by screws cl d, as

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shown. The screws d d or other fasteners also serve to hold a handle, C, in position on the 5o plate B. One of the plates, A or B, carries a number of lugs, e @,Which project into the angies formed by the riin of the opposite plate. This holds the two plates A B in relative positions and prevents sidcwise movement of one plate upon the other. The flanges a and b have notches f and g in their edges, which may or may not register, and which form passages leading from the interior of the iron for the escape of the products of combustion.

The plate B has an opening, h, preferably near its center, leading into the interior of the iron.

Opposite the opening h, and within the hollow portion of the iron, we place the dome or 65. other suitably-shaped perforated cup, D. The cup D has a flange, ,:adjacent toits open end, which is adapted to bear upon the plate B. The cup D is held in position on the plate B by means of a ring, j, surrounding the same, 7o which ring j has two or more legs, k, arranged to bear firmly against the inner side of the plate A. The cup D does not extend entirely to the plate A, but a space is left between it and the plate A, as shown, for the purpose hereinafter stated.

The opening h is preferably provided with a funnel or tube, Z, into which an ordinary tip or burner, on, may project. The funnel Z is made larger in area than the burner m, so 8o that air may enter the cup D along with the gas. The handle C is provided with a hole, n, through which the burner or tip m may pass to support the iron, as shown. When the gas is turned on to heat the iron, it iirst enters the funnel Z or hole h from burner m and becomes mixed with a quantity of air. This mixture then passes into and through the perforated vcup D within the iron. The mixture of air and gas is then lighted through the notches 9o or openings f and g, and when so lighted the flame burns on the top and sides of the cup D and spreads within the iron, heating the same very quickly. The cup D, being at a distance from the plate A, insures the direct action of the llame upon the inner side of said plate.

' The gas first being mixed with air, as before described, produces a blue ame Within the to forni openingsf, in combination with the iron,which prevents any deposit of soot. plate B, perforated cup D, ring j, having legs Having now described our invention, what 1 7c, and funnel Z, as specified. 5 We claim is-- 1. In a sad-iron, the flanged plates A and B, JAS. L. SHARP.

one of said plates having a gas-and-air inlet, JAMES D. LUTHER. in combina-tion with the perforated cup D, and

ring j, having legs 7c, for holding the cup D Witnesses: 1o securely Within the iron, substantially as de- HARRY M. TURK,

scribed. CimizLns G. M. THOMAS.

2. The plate A, having ange a, notched 

